good call. i was really young, but i was already full immersed in cubdom, so i snuck out and watched the postgame celebration from behind my dad's recliner. when did we clinch? i have this memory of doing it in montreal, and hearing harry caray say "the joy of victory" as the camera showed the cubs celebrating, and "and the agony of defeat" as it showed andres galaragga in the expos' dugout, but i've never been able to remember if it was true or made up. that's funny, because i can never tell if my memory of it is real, or if its been exaggerated over the years. i remember being in the back seat of the family's station wagon while my dad and i waited for my sisters buying leotards, and it was on the radio... mitch williams probably wasn't even on that team. The 1989 Cubs gave me a false sense of security. See, that was only my 3rd full season of following the Cubs so I did not take the playoff defeat too badly as I naively thought the Cubs would just be that good every season going forward. :( Didn't Mitch Williams walk the bases loaded then strike out the side in the home opener against Philly that season? I seem to remember that....vaguely. I had to listen to most of the games on WGN back then because my folks did not have cable TV. My primary memories of the playoffs were of the Cubs blowing a chance to win each of the 3 games in SF. And my first Cubbie hero Andre Dawson choking like a dog in that series. :banghead: